December 28, 2008
Church Items
- We had a great time last Sunday night at our annual Christmas fellowship. We had a good group, fun and great Christmas music. Thanks to Lisa, Tim, Jennifer, Nancy and all the kids. And the hippopotamus.
- Our thanks also to all those that brought food and worked the potluck so we could all enjoy and have a great time. It was a special evening.
- We will continue to send items to Vicki in Iraq as you bring them in. I know she would appreciate them and will share them with her fellow-soldiers.
- This is the final Sunday of 2008. It has been a momentous year; many good things happened, but we also must acknowledge some sad times. We are in prayer for continued blessings in 2009. A Happy New Year to you all.
- Joy, health and recuperation
- Daughter in law of Joy, Shawna, chemo
- Lynn’s uncle Lowell, illness
- Uncle of Ruth, Glenn Daugherty, health
- Amber, Jennifer’s sister-in-law, recuperation from surgery
- Ed Griffith, job and diabetes treatment
- Vicki, Iraq
- Mike Rogers, return of lymphoma, chemo
- Johnie Jackson, recuperation
- Beth Griffith’s aunt, health
The Book of Revelation: Chapter 14
The Mark of the Beast: 666
Whether literal or symbolic, the events and characters revealed in chapters 12-15 tell us that the world will become a spiritual battle-zone for the final conflict between God and Satan. Satan seeks to establish a false religious system with an imitation of the Divine Trinity. Satan seeks to take the place of God the Father; the Antichrist the role of Jesus Christ, the Messiah and ruler of the world; and the False Prophet the role of the Holy Spirit who calls us to worship God. The destruction of this false religious system is described in chapters 17 and 18.
The Truth Shall Set You Free
Today’s Sermon: Ephesians 6:18-24
Prayer, being alert, and boldness
The last two pieces of the armor, the helmet and the sword, are taken up by means of prayer. When the enemy attacks with the flaming darts of deception, pray continually in the Spirit, take up the helmet and the sword and all the armor. It is certainly a grasp of the obvious to state that prayer is needed at all times in the Christian walk. This closes the book of Ephesians.
TODAY’S WORSHIP
Awesome God
Scripture Reading
For the Lord Himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord. Wherefore comfort one another with these words. I Thess. 4:16-18
I’ll Fly Away p. 554
When We All Get to Heaven p. 542
When the Roll Is Called Up Yonder p. 543
Offering and Offertory
Message (link to sermon)
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